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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:30:08 JST It's FOSS

   Let's discuss 😄

   #linux

   • Connel Hooley (connel@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:36:16 JST Connel Hooley

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     @itsfoss Vibes

   • Esteban Lorenzano (estebanlm@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:37:30 JST Esteban Lorenzano

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     @itsfoss anything as long as is #arch, by the way

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:46:38 JST It's FOSS

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     • もく

     @mok True, sometimes the wait can be too much.

   • もく (mok@social.mikutter.hachune.net)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:46:39 JST もく

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     @itsfoss
     Most updated packages. I just can't wait the duration from the upstream releasing an update to the distro actually packaging and shipping it

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:46:54 JST It's FOSS

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     • Esteban Lorenzano

     @estebanlm 🔥

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:47:06 JST It's FOSS

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     • Marcos Dione

     @mdione Nice.

   • Marcos Dione (mdione@en.osm.town)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:47:07 JST Marcos Dione

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     @itsfoss Stability, prepackaged software, easy upgrade path.

   • LuckyStoat (luckystoat@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 20:57:41 JST LuckyStoat

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     @itsfoss
     For me, it's a balancing act between package up to dateness and stability.

     I don't like needing to download hundreds of megabytes of library updates every few days that I frankly don't care about. But at the same time, I want to run relatively recent versions of the software I use and not something from years ago. I usually end up with a hybrid solution with flatpak for my apps as a compromise.

   • Kevin (kevin_vermassen@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:12:32 JST Kevin

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     @itsfoss Does it has a nice community? Is it backed by a big team or just one dev or a couple of developers? Does it contain up to date packages? How user friendly is the distro? Winners for me: Ubuntu, Fedora & popOS.

   • popey (popey@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:24:00 JST popey

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     @itsfoss

     One criteria:

     ✔ That it's #ubuntu

     I started using it in late 2004, and have been using it ever since. I see no reason to switch.

   • cyberpunkrocker (cyberpunkrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:27:44 JST cyberpunkrocker

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     @itsfoss - Rolling release: after +15 years of using rolling release distros I will NEVER go back to using point-release distros.
     - No default desktop which gets installed whether you want or not: I want to have full control on install stage.

   • José Ramón Álvarez (jsrmalvarez@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:31:16 JST José Ramón Álvarez

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     @itsfoss The name. I just check the name and if it says Linux Mint, is eligible.

   • danielwestermann (danielwestermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:50:16 JST danielwestermann

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     @itsfoss rolling for desktop, stable for server

   • Sorro (hi_im_sorro@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:01:47 JST Sorro

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     @itsfoss on desktop, stability above all

     on laptop, a better balance between stability and performance would be sweet, mostly for the battery life

   • TintedKiwi (tintedkiwi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 23:23:42 JST TintedKiwi

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     @itsfoss I’m a bit of a control freak, so anything that allows lots of customisation and minimalism. Up to date packages is a must as well. Gentoo would be my ideal distro but I’m lazy and can’t be bothered to customise to the n-th degree. Arch with KDE fits like a glove :sickmeme:

   • bruuteuzius (bruuteuzius@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 00:23:11 JST bruuteuzius

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     @itsfoss as long as it is fancy #kdeplasma , arch-based and somewhat stable 🤷🏻♂️

   • mikeTesteLinux (miketestelinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 00:34:15 JST mikeTesteLinux

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     @itsfoss My criterias are simple: Be able to do what I need easily. I mean by that be able to do web browsing, be able to code (installing what I need easily), having good material support (specially nvidia drivers) and be able to game (steam/lutris/wine). If those are satisfied, I'm good. Guess I'm a good candidate for almost any distro since I install most of my stuff and maintenance by console. many an other one, having good community o be able to ask questions.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:10:11 JST It's FOSS

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     • Joakim Fors

     @joakimfors 🤣

   • Joakim Fors (joakimfors@mastodon.green)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:10:14 JST Joakim Fors

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     @itsfoss Is it Debian? Y/N :blob_owo:

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:10:45 JST It's FOSS

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     • popey

     @popey Cool 😃

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:10:59 JST It's FOSS

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     • José Ramón Álvarez

     @jsrmalvarez 🔥

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:12:12 JST It's FOSS

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     • TintedKiwi

     @TintedKiwi Arch with KDE is 🔥